Labor Day weekend. Salmon Lake. Cloudless. I’m with friends. Lots of them. I’ve known them a long time. We’ve seen our kids start small and go big. Smiles are great. But eyes are better. They’re tough as hell to fake. Eyes scream reality: We take no shit from nobody. Not in high school. Not inContinue reading “Strong Young Women”
Category Archives: Teens
Pensive Is Joy
Faces without expression interest me. I like the ambiguity, the pensiveness. But clients don’t like Pensive. Not as a general rule. They like unvarnished Joy. Always have. So. Lately I’m doing something different. During family photo shoots, I run participants through a series of prompts. Together we travel from Pensive to Joy With manyContinue reading “Pensive Is Joy”
Best Buds
Meet J. And Other J. Nowadays, when you don’t have a prom date, You pair up with your best bud. Exactly as it should be. Tear it up, ladies! Goofiness and proms go together. Just ask Other J who has a black-belt in fun. When it rains outside during a shoot, you go indoors. YouContinue reading “Best Buds”
Urban Chic
When I capture a candid expression like this… ….and a heartfelt laugh like this… …and a bookishly hip shot like this…. …all in the space of 23 minutes, well, I’m ridiculously happy as a result. “There’s one thing a photograph must contain,” says Robert Frank. “The humanity of the moment.” For what it’s worth, IContinue reading “Urban Chic”
New Yorker Abroad
I’ve shared photos of this NY ballerina before. At the top of the year, we kicked off a half-day collaboration, working deliberately to achieve certain effects. Here are some of my favorite images from the collection, each introduced with a verbal cue only: Atlas Slave Breakfast at Tiffany’s Color is Black and White Curves andContinue reading “New Yorker Abroad”